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Cairns Airport posts passenger growth in 2014/15 despite flat capacity and fewer flights
/Cairns Airport posted improved passenger numbers in 2014/15 despite flat seat capacity and a reduced number of flights during the year, new figures show. The North Queensland gateway handled 4.658 million passengers in the 12 months to June 30 2015, up 2.2 per cent from 4.556 million in the prior corresponding period. The number of
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Whitsunday Coast Airport forecast to handle 900,000 passengers by 2035
| 4 Comments on Whitsunday Coast Airport forecast to handle 900,000 passengers by 2035Whitsunday Coast Airport (WCA) plans to expand its terminal and expand the runway to handle the expected tripling in passenger numbers to more than 900,000 between now and 2035. The airport’s owners, Whitsunday Regional Council, have adopted the airport’s master plan and feasibility study, which has proposed terminal improvements, a runway extension and the expansion
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F-35A with Australian-made vertical tails takes flight
/ | 1 Comment on F-35A with Australian-made vertical tails takes flightAn F-35A Lightning II took to the skies on July 17 marking the first flight by an aircraft with two vertical tails manufactured by Australian company Marand. Lockheed Martin stated that chief test pilot Alan Norman flew the sortie, which lasted 84 minutes, in the aircraft known as AF-73. The flight is an important milestone
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Airservices signs contracts for Onesky software system
/Airservices says contracts to design and build the software system for its Onesky air traffic control system have been signed. The contract signing is the latest step in the development of the new air traffic management system, which aims to combine Australia’s civil and military air traffic management systems, which are currently separate, into one
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United to end Cairns-Guam route
/ | 8 Comments on United to end Cairns-Guam routeUnited will end its twice weekly flight to Cairns in September as part of service reductions from the airline’s Guam hub. The last service between Cairns and Guam, which are operated by Boeing 737s with flight numbers UA94 and UA95, will be on September 26 and 27, United said in a statement. The Star Alliance member
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Townsville Airport to have 12 Australian Border Force staff to handle international passengers
/ | 7 Comments on Townsville Airport to have 12 Australian Border Force staff to handle international passengersTownsville Airport will soon have its own Australian Border Force (ABF) staff and permanent passenger processing facilities for international flights as the clock ticks down towards Jetstar’s inaugural service from the North Queensland city to Bali. Jetstar’s three times a week Townsville-Bali flights to Bali with Airbus A320s is due to take off from September
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